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4. Aspidium. 1. FXLXCES. 
5. Aspidium lobatum. I.ohed shieldfern. 
Frond bipinnate ; leaflets obtuse, ovate, mucronated ser-^ 
rate, those next the mainrib much larger, eared, the tips 
bristled ; stipes and mainrib chaffy. 
Filix mas q. F. aculeata major, &c. Rail Syn. 121,3. 
F. aculeata, lonchitidis Simula Pluk. Raii Syn. 12 i, 4. 
Polypodium lobatum, llud. Ft. An. 459. 
Aspidium lobatum, Swartz Schr. Jour. 2,37 . 
Closeleaved shieldfern. 
Shady lanes; peren. June. 
Very like the preceding, but paler and more shining; 
frond narrower, curled, and apparently convex ; leaflets 
more elliptic, less cut, 15 or 16 pair in each pinna, and 
those next the mainrib so large as to extend over the 
leaflets of the next pinna ; pinnae 35 or more pairs in each 
leaf. 
/3. ramosum. End of the frond divided into 2 or 3 curled 
segments. 
6. Aspidium dilatatum. Dilated shieldfern. 
Frond bipinnate; leaflets oblong, distinct, pinnatifid; 
lobes mucronato-serrate ; stipes chaffy ; involucra smooth. 
Filix fcemina q. F. mas ramosa, pinnulis dentatis, Ger. em. 1129 j Rail 
Syn. 124,2. 
Polypodium cristatum, Huds. FI. Ang. 457, 
P. dilatatum,' Hoffm. Germ. 2. 7. 
Polystichum multiilorum, Roth Germ . 3, 87. 
Crested polypody. 
Moist shady places ; peren. June, July. 
Root tuberous, scarcely creeping ; frotid 2 feet Xtigh, light 
green ; sori numerous, very distinct. 
j3. Major . Triply pinnate, 3 or 4 feet high. 
y. Minor . Only the first pair of pinnas triply divided. 
Polypodium rhaeticum, Hudson FI. Ang. 458 ? 
7. Aspidium cristatum. Crested shieldfern. 
Frond pinnate; pinnce subcordate, ovate, oblong, pinna- 
tifid ; leaflets oblong, obtuse, dentato-serrate ; stipes chaffy. 
Poly podium cristatum, Lin. S. P. 1551. 
P. Callipteris, Hoffm. Germ. 252 ; 
Aspidium cristatum, Swartz Syn. Fil. 52. 
Polystichum cristatum, Roth Germ. 3.84. 
Boggy heaths ; peren. June. July. 
Root csespitose; frond 1-2 feet high; sori black; invo~ 
htcra snow white. 
